Shield for hangers



sept. 2s 192s.k 1,601,284

C. T. BATTLE SHIELD FOR HANGERS Filed No. 2, 1925 7- \7L0 Y/A blank, showing Patented sept. 2s, 1926.l y

UNITED STATES CHARLES .THOMAS BATTLE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

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Application led November 2, 1925. Serial No. 66,166.

This invention has general .reference to shields adapted for useV with hangers and other devices for suspending various bjects, but relates particularly to such shields which are intended to be applied to garment hangers.v

The principalw objects 'of the present in vention are to provide a vshield that,

(a) Preferably is made by a cuttingoperation, from a blank of semi-rigid and some- 'what resilient material, which is initially fiat, and may readily be formed by hand into shape for use in the intendedmanner;

. (b) Is .readily attachable to and detachl5 able from a suspension member 'of' skeleton construction, or otherwise so formed as to present a limited suspension surface, no im- .plement ,being required for such attachment or detachment;

(Ici) Is of unitary construction; Has no abrasive surfaces or exposed, sharp projections, and' no metal parts; and

(e) Aifords clear spaces upon which advertising matter-or the like may be in- '25 scribed.

' The means by which the foregoing and other objects are accomplished by my invention, and the manner of their accomplish ment, readily will be understood from the 3" following description on reference to the vaccompanying drawings, in which,-

Fig. 1 is av perspective view of a well-4 known form of garment hanger, having my ,improved shield applied thereto.

Fig. 2, is a plan view of the blank from which the shield is formed.

Fig. 3 is-'a section on line III-III of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a portion of a an alternate form of the securing tongue. l

-The hanger 5, shown in Fig. 1 for purposes of illustration, 'is of a form that is which it is desired to protect from wrinkling or otherwise getting out of shape. Hangers of this sort-are usually made from a single piece of wire, which is bent mechanically to form a. suspension hook 6, two similar inclined suspension portions 7, and a straight suspension portiolifS. As ordiv narily used Vfor hanging men.s arments, the ycoat and waistcoatare .suspenedfrom the inclined portions to t e' very surface area of the wire commonly used for suspending garmentsV application, such for example, as '7 and the trousers AareA draped 'overj the 'straightportion 8. Owing Y' from which the/hanger is made, it has a l tendency to form undesirablel creases in the parts of the garments with which it is in contact, and this is especially true as regards .trousers or other garments that are hung overthe straight portion 8.

My improved-shield'preferably is formed x from a rectangular blank 9,'of relatively stili' cardboard or the-like, which is cut, by hand, in a press, or by any other preferred mechanism, to form two similar .V shaped or U shape'd, .tongues 10, and two similar slits 11, said parts being in such positions and of such sizes and shapes that the slits are adapted for the insertion of the free ends of the respective tongues therein. The Aalternate form of tongue 10%, shown in 4,`is provided with shoulders 12, to assist inretaining the tongue in place after its insertion into the slits 11A.

'The blanks are intended to k'be packed,

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shipped and stored in a iat condition, and l not Ato bebent into shield form until they have been or are about to be applied to the hangers. Each blank is then folded preferably without creasing, along approximately its longitudinal center line, and owing to the semi-rigidity and the resiliency ofthe materialy from which the blank is made, it will retain substantially the cross-sectional configuration shown in Fig. V3, with its two vlegs 13 and 14 diverging. The shield thus formed is secured in place over the suspension member in connection with which it is to be used, such as the straight portion 8 of the hanger 5 by inserting the ends of the tongues 10 or 10A, in the slits 11, or 11A, and

bending them down, as indicated at the right-hand side of Fig. 1. If the tongues are of the form shown 1n Fig. 3, they should be inserted in the slits 11A past the shoul-` ders 12, so that said shoulders will assist in retaining the tongues in place.

While I have shown my improved shleld as being applied to the straight portion 8,'

onlyV of the hanger 5, it is manifest that similar shields may if desired be applied to the inclined portions 7. Also, it shouldbe notedl that use of this form of shield is not confined to any specie type of hangers, or

to the suspension of any particular articleor articles,but that it has a wide ran of ing placed overa clothes line7 or a clothes rack.

Whilethe. blanks are in 'a fiat condition, advertisingl or other matter may be 1nscribed uponone or both4 of the leg portions 13 and 14, and since such portions retam substantially lane surfaces after the blank is 4bent into s ield form, such inscriptions will be plainly visible.v

Various modifications of my improved shield will doubtless suggestv themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains, and I therefore do not desire to be.

limited to the exact details of the invention as shown in the accompanying drawings, and described herein. For example, the blank may be 'of other than rectangular shape, or the shapes or locations of the tongues or of the slits may be varied, without departing from the intended scope of' m invention.

aving now fully described my mventlon,

' what is claimed is Iius an edge of said strip, cooperable with said slits t'or retaining sa1d strip in'place upon a suspension member.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a strip of material having a plurality of slits each extending longitudinallyT thereof, and tongues at opposite sides of said.

strip, eachy formed by cuts extending outward toward and intersecting a di e edge of the strip, co-operable with said slits rent for retaining said strip in place upon asusl pension member. y

4. A device of the character described, comprising a strip of semirigid, resilient material having a slit therein, and a tongue formed by cuts extending to an edge of said strip, and intersecting said edge at the same point, said tongue being adapted to cooperate with said slit for retaining said strip upon a suspension member.

5. A device of the character described,`

comprising a strip of material having an opening therein, a tongue formed by cuts extending outward toward and intersecting an edge of said strip, and adapted for entry into said opening to retain said strip in place upon a suspension member, and means for opposing removal ot said tongue from said opening.

6. A shield for a suspension member, coinprising a strip of resilient material adapted to be bent' manually to substantially V-shape to it over said member, said strip having slits therein, and tongues cooperable with 'said slits for retaining said strip in place upon said member while retaining said shape.. v

7 A shield for a hanger, comprising-an in.- itially fiat strip of semirigid resilient material adapted to be bent manually over said hanger, leaving the portions of said strip at the opposite sides of the hanger diverging from each other at a considerable angle,-

said strip having slits therein, and tongues each narrower at its free end than at other parts thereof, adapted to cooperate with said slits for retaining said strip in place upon said hanger while retaining said angular divergence.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name.

CHARLES THoMAs BATTLE. 

